Controlling Pest is a Job Never Finished - Part #1
Because many plants are very susceptible to insects and diseases they must be sprayed or controlled to keep them attractive and vigorous. Before embarking on a pest control program for your landscape, garden or houseplants, however, you should... Read More...
Daylilies Work Landscape Color Wonders
Thirty years ago, when my garden was begun, the first perennial planted in it was a clump of Lemon Lilies, Hemerocallis flava, taken from my grandmother’s girlhood home. Some, planted near a pool, delighted me with their fragrance and... Read More...
How to Beat the Drought in Your Landscape
The hot, dry months are just about here, and the garden will need water. But in many localities, the summer demand for water taxes the supply, and water for the garden must be curtailed. What can you do? There are two solutions to the problem.... Read More...
Build Steps Safe to Use
Properly designed steps are safe and comfortable to use. If you must pull your foot back or reach p out to make contact with the step bel low, or if you have the sensation of pitching forward as you go down a flight of steps, the proportion... Read More...
Water Your Landscape the Right Way
Many a landscape grows well without benefit of irrigation but rare is the garden, lawn or landscape that does not respond gloriously to some extra watering. Then, too, extra watering is necessary because seldom does a summer pass without a dry spell that... Read More...
Giant Watering Lily
Many water gardeners consider Nymphaea gigantea, the Australian water lily, by far the most outstanding species that has been grown at places like the Missouri Botanical Garden, and especially the white form, alba, is particularly splendid.... Read More...
Pool Plantings Getting the Most Pleasure from the Least Work
When we found ourselves with a 7 foot retaining wall, necessary but threatening to look like a grim fortress, we decided to use it as a backdrop for a water garden. During the long winter evenings before starting to build our water landscape... Read More...
A Lesson on Cultivating and Weeding
Cultivation loosens the soil surface. At the same time several other gratifying results are achieved. Weeds are killed, rain can soak into the soil more easily instead of running off, and the soil is aerated. A vegetable garden is plowed, or... Read More...
Sprayer Care
An alert landscape gardener or homeowner keeps their sprayer equipment ready for use. Modern sprayers are subjected to a lot of use and some of the pesticides that are most effective in insect and pest control can be very corrosive and damaging... Read More...
Summer Pruning of Roses
Believe it or not, garden roses need “pruning” all summer. You probably have accomplished many of these described tasks but not called them “pruning.” Even so, if the essential jobs are done correctly, you’ll enjoy... Read More...
